walk away

[Hayes Myers]

240's have seats like a lazy boy...fricken amazing..and they do not
die...they will go very slow...but won't die:)

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tough to find a 740 Turbo with a stick shift though, Tony.... Personally, I
> was
> never crazy about the 740/940 body style. But the
>
> interiors were beautiful, especially in the dark read leather.... Always
> loved
> the 240 and still do. But then again, I lusted after a
>
> Volvo 164 for my first car (but ended up with a 1971 Toyota Corona ;-)
>
>  Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
> Cc: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>; quattro at audifans.com;
> TWFAUST at aol.com
> Sent: Tue, January 11, 2011 12:24:45 PM
> Subject: Re: walk away
>
>
> Love the 240's. And, the 740's even more. My son is 14, and in about a year
> and
> a half, I'll be buying a 740 for him for a first car. Unless he decides to
> buy
> his own. But, I think he'd rather spend his money on the 1970 Honda 350 ;-)
>
> BTW, the 4000q is also non-interference, and I love that about them.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Jim, it was really just a hypothetical question by Tom, I don't think he
> has a
> >particular car in mind.
> >
> >I broke a TB on my trusty old Volvo 240 Turbo back in the day.
> Fortunately, it
> >wasn't an interference engine so no
> >damage was done.
> >
> > Dan D
> >'04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> >Central NJ USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
> >To: quattro at audifans.com; TWFAUST at aol.com
> >Sent: Mon, January 10, 2011 10:41:32 AM
> >Subject: Re: walk away
> >
> >
> >dude. you can find clean well maintained b5a4's for 3-5 grand or less [im
> >selling mine for 3200 with loads of maintenance and tasty mods].
> >
> >why on earth would you even consider throwing good $ after bad on a car
> with
> >a grenaded motor?
> >
> >no comprendo!
> >
> >
> >From: TWFAUST at aol.com
> >> To: quattro at audifans.com
> >> Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:38:56 EST
> >> Subject: Bent valve symptoms
> >> I have been noticing a lot of "bargain" A4's on my local Craig's List.
> Most
> >>  report "needs timing belt" and "doesn't run". With a bad timing belt.
> >> "doesn't  run" doesn't surprise me. What does concern me is bent valves.
> I
> >> have
> >> never had  one of those, and am wondering what symptoms would there be
> when
> >> you crank it  over?
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